Play, Learn and Grow TogetherAn After School English Speaking project

by Nives Torresi

Aim of the Project For young elementary childrenAfter school as a time to learn something new

To see English as a means of communication

Making it fun with games and musicPrepare for a final recital

Layout of dates, participating children, age group

Dates of the Project

Number of 90 minute lessons

Number of Children

Relevant age group

Date Lessons Children Age

04/11/13 – 16/12/13 7 9 7

10/02/14 – 14/04/14 9 8 7

20/10/14 – 16/12/14 10 6 8

Project syllabus

Words, Numbers, Days

Telling the time

Simple phrases

Playing games

Listening and reading along

Play Activities carried out in a

playing atmosphere

Games to create ‘movement’

What’s the Time Mr Wolf Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

Songs and DanceThe ABC Song

Fare clic sull'icona per inserire un'immagine

The Busy Buzz SongSing-along in groups

LearnActivities based on Learning the English spoken language

Key to enter the classroom Every week

the

students

had to

memorize

one phrase

and repeat

it the next

class!

Numbers, dates, days, months, seasons …

Word activities, Reading, Listening …

Grow TogetherActivities for home and Preparation of Recital theme

Concept board to use at home too!Teacher Board Individual Student Boards

Italian to English

First language intoSecond language

News Cast Live News ReportGood evening welcome I am Mario - Junior Reporter for 3B NewsCast, and I will talk about the Fabriano Crime Report.One week ago in Fabriano there was a bank robbery of the Banca delle Marche and 2 robbers ran away with €100,000.00 (one hundred thousand euro).They used plastic weapons, guns and rifles. But the bank workers did not know the guns were plastic. The police never found the money or the bank robbers.Today after more than 5 days there was another bank robbery and the police were able to capture the robbers and save the bank from losing the money.Thank you for watching this news cast.Mario signing off.

News ReportGood afternoon everyone I am Michael, Junior Reporter 3B NewsCast – Reporting on Fires in our city.There were many Fires in the mountains of Fabriano last summer, that destroyed most of the trees. We followed the in the foot steps of the Mountain Co-operative which planted more than 2,000 new trees.But even today there was a fire that destroyed the Town Sports Centre. They town Mayor has decided to donate another building for the Sports centre and the town’s Basket Ball Team to use as their home ground.Thank you for listening to this FIRE UPDATE News CastMichael signing off.

We created our very own Badge

Final recital

We took our places at the front of the class

We opened the show with a

song

We introduced ourselves one by one

The last one was the first to present

After our presentation we danced and sang to a

song

We watched a slide show of our Project

We welcomed Parents and Friends

Thank you

Prepared by

Nives Torresi

for

IATEFL YLT SIG

Webinar online at WizIQ

Bibliography of links

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/01/17/test-weary-second-grader-schools-state-school-board-is-that-all-that-matters-to-grown-ups/

http://www.ted.com/talks/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school

http://www.osea-cite.org/class/SELT_materials/SELT_Reading_Krashen_.pdf

http://web.stanford.edu/~hakuta/www/LAU/ICLangLit/NaturalApproach.htm

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education?language=en